While you were busy doing everything short of jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch to prove how well you’re doing, proving everyone who said you were too unfunny/awkward/high to host the Oscars…well, pretty much right, or announcing the reunion that tens of people have been waiting for,here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week…

• Smiling employees not something to smile about. Employees who feel pressure to smile and act happy on the job may actually be anything but, a new study finds, as the pressure to smile can lead to emotional exhaustion and withdrawal. Irony! (Daily Mail)
• Why in-person interviews and reference checks matter…A dentist in England was fired and faces criminal charges for, among other offenses, “breaking wind and belching in front of patients and staff, telling a patient he had bad breath, and exposing a nurse to X-ray radiation.  (BBC)
• All employees should come Natalie Portman-approved. Shortly after Christian Dior model Natalie Portman condemned designer John Galliano for making racist comments, the fashion label fired Galliano. And you thought Charlie Sheen was the only celebrity churning out the crazy this week… (NPR)
• Pension envy divides private and public workers Private workers who want the same benefits as public employees may find less to complain about as state and local governments struggle to continue offering these benefits.  (NPR)
• Apple finally receives a little recognition for once. Fortune released its list of the World’s Most Admired Companies and, not surprisingly, the company behind the gadget that united the world – tech geeks and regular folk – topped the list. (Fortune)
• Employers should encourage divorce. At least among so-called “office spouses,” according to this MoneyWatch report. Experts and anyone who’s ever seen Moonlighting say that these relationships can actually cause more trouble than they’re worth. (CBS MoneyWatch)  And finally…
• Remember when we said billion? Well, we meant trillion. (Our bad!) State and local governments may owe workers up to $1.5 trillion, much more than the government and taxpayers initially thought. (Washington Post)